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The three football fans were found dead behind this house in Kansas City

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A mysterious death moves the public in the USA and makes waves on social media: On January 7th, three fans from Kansas City in the US state of Missouri met to watch a game of their football team, the Kansas City Chiefs look. Two days later, their bodies were found in a friend's backyard.

Police have still not commented on how the three men, in their mid-30s, died. What is known is that on January 7th they drove to a friend's house in Kansas City to watch the Chiefs game. Two days later, when none of them had come home, the fiancée of one of the men went to the house to look for him.

No obvious sign of crime

"When she received no answer at the door, she broke into the basement of the house and found an unknown body on the back porch," the police report states. Police officers later found two more bodies in the backyard, but "no obvious signs of a crime."

Investigators have not yet provided any information about how or how the men died. Nor whether they suspect that drugs or alcohol were involved. The cool weather could also have played a role: the lowest temperature in Kansas City that night was one degree Celsius.

The police announced that they are still waiting for the results of the autopsy on the cause of death. This will be taken over by a private company that is responsible for numerous districts in Kansas and Missouri. You have no influence on its schedule; it could still be six or more weeks before the medical results are available.

The public speculates

The case caused an uproar on social and traditional media. The speculation is fueled, among other things, by the fact that the owner of the house claims that he was unaware that the bodies of his three long-time friends were lying on his porch and in his garden for two days before they were found.

The fact that relatives of the three men went to the media with their frustration over the unclear circumstances of their deaths also drew attention to the case. This is what the father of one of the dead men said on Fox News and accused the homeowner: He was convinced that the resident played a role in his son's death: "Completely healthy men don't just disappear from the face of the earth."

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